saving seeds from Ber fruit

[cippoli]

Can I save seeds from the fruit of fruit that has Ber.
I have a plant called Illinois Beauty, so far I have picked 8 fruit all have Ber.
It is a new one for me and I would like to try some next year if I can save some seeds.

Has anyone grown this variety is it worth trying to save seeds

[carolyn137]

Originally Posted by cippoli

Can I save seeds from the fruit of fruit that has Ber.
I have a plant called Illinois Beauty, so far I have picked 8 fruit all have Ber.
It is a new one for me and I would like to try some next year if I can save some seeds.

Has anyone grown this variety is it worth trying to save seeds

I haven't grown the variety so can't speak to that, but I prefer to NOT use fruits that have BER for seed saving b'c the result of BER is destruction of the tissues at the bottom of the fruit and that would include seeds as well. If you feel you need to see if you can cut the fruits in half and use the mature seeds from just the upper half.

But if there's any indication of what's called Internal BER where the inside of the fruit is black while there's no indication of any exterior BER then I would not save seeds from such fruits.

[Solanum315]

I saved seeds from a fruit with fairly moderate BER last year. The seeds were blackened and pretty nasty looking but germinated just fine this year. Normally I would have passed but it was one of my crosses.

[cippoli]

Thanks for the reply Carolyn, I didn't think I should save the seeds but I needed another opinion

Thanks Scott, maybe I'll do as Carolyn suggested and save a few from the top of the fruit for next years experement